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Spotify's quarterly revenue beats estimates, paid subscribers rise 20%

The music streaming company reported a 20% jump in paid subscribers for its premium service driven by demand in Europe and North America.

Music streaming giant Spotify adds offline downloads on Apple Watch

The firm is rolling out the ability to download favourite playlists, albums and podcasts on Apple Watch

Spotify's new update now allows users to share specific part of podcasts

Swedish audio streaming platform Spotify recently announced that it is making it easier for users to share their favourite track or podcast episode with friends through social media.According to Mashable, the new updates in social sharing have been rolled out globally by Spotify for both iOS and Android users.The company announced the details of the new features on its blog post where it stated, "We're constantly evolving the Spotify experience to meet listener needs and working to provide the best possible audio experience for listeners around the world. These three updates make sharing music and podcasts easier than ever."The first feature to be added is Podcast Timestamp that will let users share podcast episodes beginning at any particular moment that they want their friends to listen to. This way the user's friends won't have to listen to the whole podcast episode.Using this feature is super easy, all that needs to be done is tap the "share" button while listening to the episode,

Music streaming giant Spotify now has 158 million paid subscribers globally

208 million are using the ad-supported version globally.

Audio streaming service Spotify to launch podcast subscription service soon

Spotify is soon going to launch its podcast subscription service. The platform would be competing with Apple's newly announced podcast subscription service

EU antitrust regulators ready Apple charges on Spotify complaint: Report

EU antitrust regulators are finalising a charge sheet against Apple triggered by a complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify, two people familiar with the matter said

Spotify competitor Anghami to become first Arab tech firm to list on Nasdaq

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Anghami has more than 70 million registered users

Spotify to expand to 80 new countries, to support 36 new languages

Swedish music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it will arrive in over 80 new countries, along with rolling out 36 new languages on its platform.

Spotify will let employees work from anywhere even after Covid-19 pandemic

Spotify has announced it is adopting a 'Work from Anywhere' model, which will allow employees to choose whether they want to be in the office full time, be at home full time

Apple iOS 14.5 to let users set Spotify as default music service

The upcoming Apple iOS update will let users select a third-party default music service like Spotify when they ask to play a song using Siri

Spotify quarterly revenue beats Wall Street estimates on subscriber growth

The music streaming company hit 155 million paid subscribers for its premium service

Apple planning to launch a podcast subscription service: Report

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new subscription service that would be focused on podcasts

Spotify set to launch streaming service in South Korea in 2021

Global streaming giant Spotify is planning to launch a music streaming service in South Korea, home to the booming K-pop industry, in the first half of 2021

Music platforms remain immune to Covid-19 as investments intensify

Shamrock Capital, a private equity firm, has acquired the Taylor Swift master recordings from Carlyle Group and manager Scooter Braun for $300 million

Music app Spotify rolls out standalone streaming for Apple Watch

Swedish music streaming service Spotify has started rolling out support for standalone streaming through its app for Apple Watch

Swinging with the music: Spotify driving critical changes in the market

In August, about 18 months after its entry in India, a Spotify listener spent an average of 97 minutes on the app, almost ten times more than any other streaming music brand

Small apps unite to take on Apple, Google over unfair trade practices

On Thursday, the smaller companies said they had formed the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that plans to push for changes in the app stores and "protect the app economy"

Spotify's paid subscribers hit 138 mn as music streaming demand rebounds

Analysts on average were expecting the company to have 136.4 million paid subscribers

Spotify brings real-time lyrics support to 26 countries, including India

With this new feature, Spotify will become similar to Prime Music and Apple Music which already offered real-time lyrics in India

Now Indian users can enjoy Spotify with Amazon Alexa on Echo devices

Spotify free is an ad-supported service in India and gives users access to over 50 million songs